It's a very brave management, I hope you can be lucky in the two crypto trading and don't regret your decision
Brave it is and if the things he have said is true then good for him. Just don't like the idea of quitting our full time job for this trading crypto thing where uncertainty is very high. He might regret later his decision.
The earliest investors in crypto are now full time crypto geeks but they make sure they have other sources of income as well. If you have other sources of fluent income flow for your needs, you are very welcome to leave your job and become a full time crypto trader but if the scenario is not like this, it is going to be pretty dangerous for you to do so. Dangerous in the sense that you are risking many things by relying on the income from full time crypto trading.